The National Rifle Association, also known as the NRA, is a non-profit organization in the United States that advocates for gun rights. The NRA is a successful organization that has attracted many members from all across the country. According to the NRA foundation, the NRA is “widely recognized today as a major political force and as America's foremost defender of Second Amendment rights, the NRA has, since its inception, been the premier firearms education organization in the world” (NRA). The NRA prides it selves on gun safety and second amendment rights but has also been criticized for being a major contributor of gun violence in the United States. The National Rifle Association is having positive effects on public safety, second amendment
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The NRA has generated over three hundred and fifty two million dollars of revenue and only incurred about two hundred and ninety one million dollars in cost according to the NRA foundation (NRA). The number of total revenue is growing closer to one hundred million dollars every day. For gun supporters this is a great thing. It allows the NRA to politically lobby their love of guns to important politicians. For people against owning guns this is not a good thing. The NRA is an involved organization. Members are encouraged to make their communities safer. Whether or not owning guns helps this cause is the debate at hand. More revenue for gun supporters means more guns and ability to own guns. The NRA is a non-profit organization but the revenue it generates goes to ensuring that gun laws will not get changed. The NRA is looking for new members now more than ever too. With all the talk of new laws on owning guns, the NRA is asking more people to join their side and give money to their cause. There are many people in the United States who do not support the NRA. Over the past twenty years there have been numerous tragic shootings and attacks in the United States. Guns have been the cause of thousands of deaths and people are very upset and in awe about this. The NRA does not receive love from these people who oppose guns. A lot of controversy about the NRA sprouted after Charlton Heston, former president of the NRA, hosted a rally in Denver a week after the columbine shooting. Jessica Yanker, a scholar from the University of Colorado covers this in a persuasive
The NRA has generated over three hundred and fifty two million dollars of revenue and only incurred about two hundred and ninety one million dollars in cost according to the NRA foundation (NRA). The number of total revenue is growing closer to one hundred million dollars every day. For gun supporters this is a great thing. It allows the NRA to politically lobby their love of guns to important politicians. For people against owning guns this is not a good thing. The NRA is an involved organization. Members are encouraged to make their communities safer. Whether or not owning guns helps this cause is the debate at hand. More revenue for gun supporters means more guns and ability to own guns. The NRA is a non-profit organization but the revenue it generates goes to ensuring that gun laws will not get changed. The NRA is looking for new members now more than ever too. With all the talk of new laws on owning guns, the NRA is asking more people to join their side and give money to their cause. There are many people in the United States who do not support the NRA. Over the past twenty years there have been numerous tragic shootings and attacks in the United States. Guns have been the cause of thousands of deaths and people are very upset and in awe about this. The NRA does not receive love from these people who oppose guns. A lot of controversy about the NRA sprouted after Charlton Heston, former president of the NRA, hosted a rally in Denver a week after the columbine shooting. Jessica Yanker, a scholar from the University of Colorado covers this in a persuasive